Fox analyst Michael Strahan is stumping for two former Giants teammates—RB Tiki Barber and WR Plaxico Burress—to land jobs in the NFL this fall.

Burress, who turns 34 in August, hopes to get back into the NFL once released from prison in June. He had 70 catches for 1,025 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2007, his last full season. He shot himself accidentally in midseason of '08 and went to prison on weapons charges.

“Plaxico’s not a bad guy,” Strahan told the New York Post. “He just made a bad decision, a dumb decision which cost him two years. I think he’ll be back, hopefully with the Giants. But whoever gets him, he’ll be an asset.

"He was Eli's safety blanket. Without that combination, we don't beat the Packers in cold Lambeau, we don't win the Super Bowl without those two guys playing the way they did together."

Barber, who turns 36 on Thursday, is attempting a comeback after having not played for four years. Barber rusher for 1,662 yards and five touchdowns, plus added 58 catches for 465 yards in 2006, his last full season. Strahan says Barber, who retired after the '06 season for a TV career that has since fizzled, can be an asset for an NFL team in the locker room and on the field—for years to come.

“He wasn’t on the decline when he retired,” Strahan told the Post. “He’s a worker who will bust his butt. I think he can do it. I think he has a few years left in him.”